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Tuesday, July 29, 2025

170 DeKalb County residents under 20 test positive for COVID-19

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As of September 6, there have been 170 DeKalb County residents under 20 years of age who have tested positive for COVID-19, according to numbers being reported to the Illinois Department of Public Health.

There have been 2,667 residents under 20 in the county who had been tested, meaning that six percent of those tested have the coronavirus. Through September 6, there have been 1,230 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 36 deaths from the coronavirus in DeKalb County.

Illinois gathers all of its COVID-19 data from across the state electronically. The reported cases and deaths will fluctuate as additional info is gathered. Chicago was home to one of the first known cases of COVID-19 in the US, as well as it's transmission.

Test results for the past 10 days in DeKalb County
DateTotal TestedTotal PositivePositive %
September 623,9541,2305.1
September 523,7331,2155.1
September 423,2441,1905.1
September 322,5161,1565.1
September 222,3931,1495.1
September 122,1781,1275.1
August 3122,0111,1105.0
August 3021,8271,1035.1
August 2921,5581,0925.1
August 2821,2671,0895.1

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